As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 9, 2020.
Registration No. 333-249207
United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
Amendment No. 1
to
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Duddell Street Acquisition Corp.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
| Cayman Islands | 6770 | N/A | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) | ||
| 8/F Printing House 6 Duddell Street Hong Kong +852 3468 6200 | ||||
| (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices) | ||||
| (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) | ||||
| Copies to: | ||||
Derek J. Dostal Deanna L. Kirkpatrick New York, NY 10017 | Howard Zhang Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Beijing, 100004 | Joel Rubinstein White & Case LLP New York, NY 10020 | ||
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 check the following box. ☐
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| Large accelerated filer ☐ | Accelerated filer ☐ |
| Non-accelerated filer ☒ | Smaller reporting company ☒ |
| Emerging growth company ☒ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
| CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE | ||||
| Title of Each Class of Security Being Registered | Amount Being Registered | Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Security(1) | Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(1) | Amount Of Registration Fee |
| Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share, $0.0001 par value, and one-half of one redeemable warrant(2) | 20,125,000 Units | $10.00 | $201,250,000 | $26,122.25 |
| Class A ordinary shares included as part of the units(3) | 20,125,000 Shares | — | — | — (4) |
| Redeemable warrants included as part of the units(3) | 10,062,500 Warrants | — | — | — (4) |
| Total | $201,250,000 | $26,122.25(5) | ||
| (1) | Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. |
| (2) | Includes 2,625,000 units, consisting of 2,625,000 Class A ordinary shares and 1,312,500 redeemable warrants, which may be issued upon exercise of a 45-day option granted to the underwriters to cover over-allotments, if any. |
| (3) | Pursuant to Rule 416, there are also being registered an indeterminable number of additional securities as may be issued to prevent dilution resulting from share splits, share dividends or similar transactions. |
| (4) | No fee pursuant to Rule 457(g). |
| (5) | Previously paid. |
The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Duddell Street Acquisition Corp. is filing this Amendment No. 1 to its registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-249207) as an exhibits-only filing. Accordingly, this Amendment consists only of the facing page, this explanatory note, Item 16(a) of the Registration Statement, the signature page to the Registration Statement and filed exhibits. The remainder of the Registration Statement is unchanged and has therefore been omitted.
Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.
EXHIBIT INDEX
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| * | Previously filed. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, New York, on the 9th day of October, 2020.
| DUDDELL STREET ACQUISITION CORP. | ||
| By: | /s/ Allan Finnerty | |
Name: Allan Finnerty Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| Name | Position | Date | |
| * | Chief Executive Officer | October 9, 2020 | |
| Manoj Jain | (Principal Executive Officer) | ||
| /s/ Allan Finnerty | Chief Financial Officer | October 9, 2020 | |
| Allan Finnerty | (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | ||
| *By: | /s/ Allan Finnerty | ||
| Allan Finnerty Attorney-in-fact | |||
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 6(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned has signed this registration statement, solely in its capacity as the duly authorized representative of Duddell Street Acquisition Corp., in the City of New York, New York, on the 9th day of October, 2020.
U.S. DULY APPOINTED REPRESENTATIVE COGENCY GLOBAL INC.
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| By: | /s/ Colleen A. De Vries | ||
| Name: | Colleen A. De Vries | ||
| Title: | Sr. Vice President on behalf of Cogency Global Inc. | ||
